A jazz saxophonist, with what? A vocal group specialising in early music? Surely that was an elaborate joke. No, not if you were Manfred Eicher – and that, at a stroke, explains why Eicher’s ECM Records has been the world’s ultimate art-music label for over 50 years. To call Eicher a producer is like calling […]

Icelandic composer Ólafur Arnalds has released a choral version of “momentary” from his 2018 album re:member. The new arrangement is performed by the British vocal group VOCES8.